US singer-songwriter Brett James has died in a small plane crash, according to music industry officials.

James, 57, released one solo album in the 1990s but was better known for the hundreds of country songs he worked on behind the scenes.

His most famous was Jesus, Take The Wheel by Carrie Underwood, which earned him two Grammys for best country song and best female country vocal performance in 2007.

The country musician was on board a "small engine airplane" when it crashed on Thursday, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame said in a statement.

"We mourn the untimely loss of Hall of Fame member Brett James, a 2020 inductee who was killed in a small-engine airplane crash on September 18," it wrote on its Facebook page.

Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) also post

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